Man, woman charged after drug bust in Lehigh County motel

A man and woman face drug charges after Lehigh County drug investigation at a Hanover Township motel on Wednesday night, according to court records.

Tyrone D. Carter, 45, of the 1300 block of Chew Street in Allentown, is also looking at weapons violations after two guns were found at 10 p.m. Wednesday inside his room in the Red Roof Inn in Hanover Township, Lehigh County, according to court records.

Vice officers with the Lehigh County Drug Task Force and Allentown police went to the motel, 1846 Catasauqua Road, to follow up on a narcotics complaint and were told Carter was inside, according to court records. Carter was wanted by Allentown police on domestic assault charges, police said.

Police said Jessica Ann McKenna, 37, of Phillipsburg, N.J., was inside the motel room with Carter. Police found a .25-caliber gun under a pillow and a .357-caliber gun in a duffel bag, according to court records. Also inside the bag, police found eight small bags containing crack cocaine and 26 more that contained heroin, according to court records. Police also found drug paraphernalia.

Carter was not allowed to have a gun because of a drug conviction in 2011, police said.

Carter and McKenna were charged with two counts each of possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance and possession of a controlled substance and one count of possession of drug paraphernalia. They also face several counts of criminal conspiracy.

Carter was also charged with prohibited possession of a firearm.

They were arraigned by District Judge Michael D'Amore and sent to Lehigh County Jail under $75,000 bail each.